Carly SladeSep 8, 20212 minYou can trust the growing pains of your transformationThe moon waxes into light as effortlessly as she surrendered to the darkness that came before. She has done this countless times before...
Carly SladeJun 21, 20213 minFaith as a natural antidote to fearAs the world begins to open up I have noticed fear creeping in. So I have been exploring meeting it face on. When I talk about fear I...
Carly SladeMay 21, 20213 minWhy I do what I doFrom addiction to obsession Before I discovered yoga I was in survival mode. I went from work to sleep to work and from addiction to...
Carly SladeMay 10, 20215 minOvercoming my fear of speakingThe Shy Child Sent to Stagecoach I wasn't a naturally expressive person in the sense that as a child I was incredibly, painfully shy and...
Carly SladeJan 20, 20213 minEmotions as alliesEvery year I get braver and braver in meeting my emotions and it seems the more resilience I develop the more challenging the emotional...
Carly SladeJan 4, 20215 minOutgrowing our storiesI used to think January 1st was a funny time to start a year but as I've more closely observed nature I see that it is less arbitrary...
Carly SladeDec 8, 20205 minYour Wild Heart If my heart and I had a status it would definitely be 'it's complicated' but in recent times I'm starting to feel that we're actually in...
Carly SladeAug 13, 20204 minLearning to harvest the crop and settle in for winterLiving close to nature and on a farm keeps me deeply connected to the seasons and cycles of nature, which in turn serves as a daily reminder
Carly SladeJul 31, 20208 minDon't we all deserve a life worth living?The last few months have really had me reflecting even more deeply than usual on cyclical living and the pace of modern life. A couple of
Carly SladeMay 3, 20205 minYoga and obsessionI started yoga at 17 because I was obsessed with exercise and the Power Yoga VHS I used pushed me hard and kept me out of my body. I exerci
Carly SladeApr 30, 20202 minIntimacy and IsolationSo those of you who know me will know that one of the big things I've had to work through is a fear of intimacy in intimate...
Carly SladeFeb 25, 20203 minUntethering the mind and drifting into stillnessThinking is becoming a lost art, not just worrying, planning, remembering, judging and all of the usual mind fluctuations we cram into the b
Carly SladeNov 18, 20196 minPart 9 - The Stages of Yoga Nidra: Existential Explorations, Kośas, Merging Yoga Nidra & EverydThis is the stage that seems to keep people coming back for more week after week. At the beginning of class I often have a check in and open
Carly SladeOct 14, 20194 minPart 8 - The Stages of Yoga Nidra: Joy, bliss and pure awarenessOur human brains are primed to problem solve for our survival but for many of us our survival needs are no longer about life or death and th
Carly SladeOct 8, 20193 minPart 7 - The Stages of Yoga Nidra: Stage 7 VisualisationThis week we explore the visualisation stage of Yoga Nidra. This stage is perhaps one of the most varied in terms of its delivery,...
Carly SladeOct 1, 20195 minPart 6 - The Stages of Yoga Nidra: Stage 6 Breath AwarenessThis week we explore the breath awareness stage, which also sometimes includes body/floor awareness for grounding. To Breathe Well is to...
Carly SladeSep 24, 20196 minPart 5 - The Stages of Yoga Nidra: Stage 5 OppositesDuring the preceding stage of rotation of consciousness we induce relaxation of the sensorimotor surface of the brain and then during the op
Carly SladeSep 16, 20198 minPart 4 - The Stages of Yoga Nidra: Stage 4 Rotation of ConsciousnessThe body scan can be used to promote relaxation and body awareness, to invoke or deepen a trance state, to promote healing by reconnecting t
Carly SladeSep 10, 20196 minPart 3 - The Stages of Yoga Nidra: Stage 3 SankalpaSankalpa loosely translated from Sanskrit to English means a vow to your highest self or highest truth. Some schools of Yoga Nidra believe t
Carly SladeAug 6, 20192 minChoosing radical acceptance of self and othersAll that you admire in others is that which you already are All that you reject in others is that which you reject in yourself These are wo